🚀 go-pugleaf

Well I cannot dissuade you from buying a '486 but I can tell you why
I'm never buying a mac...

#1 The software costs WAY too much.  Microsoft Word's price is a joke.  It's
   like you're SUPPOSED to buy it and split the cost between a few friends...
   I'd like to run X on whatever computer I buy next.  MacX server software
   is $300.  Get a clue...  I believe it is FREE on the PC...

#2 Macs cost too much.  Apple charges what people will pay for them.  The
   uninformed don't realize they're getting ripped relative to the cost of
   the components.  I'm not totally uninformed...  Of course, as magical
   wonder tools, computers in general are as amazing a bargain as long-distance
   phone calls...

#3 If I'm going to pay a lot for the computer, I want some co-processors.
   Sheesh, you can get a used SGI Indigo for ^$6000...

#4 I hate the mac file system.  I don't LIKE dos, but at least you can access
   any file without fussing around with resource parameters...  Ditto for
   any form of unix...  Are there really any alternative operating systems
   for the mac other than I believe $1000 Apple Unix (AUX)?

Like you, I want to buy a Falcon or an Amiga, But I'm waiting.  I am afraid
brute force on the PCs will ultimately overtake the design elegance of these
machines.  I'll still keep my 1040 though...  I just need to get X running
on it and I'll be happy for some time yet.  The NCDs in my lab only have
8 Mhz 68000s and they are perfectly adequate X terminals...

Scott